I’m not good at destilling favourites into lists, but here goes:
Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Walton: Henry V
Korngold: The Sea Hawk
Chaplin: City Lights
Korngold: Captain Blood
Bliss: Things to Come
Steiner (& Hupfeld): Casablanca
Newman: Wuthering Heights
Raksin: Laura
Newman: The Mark of Zorro
Honourable mentions (released shortly after the cut-off year 1948):
Waxman: Sunset Boulevard
Herrmann: On Dangerous Ground
Rozsa: Young Bess